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Bearley North and West Junctions
Bearley North and West Junctions are on the southern most
part of the North Warwickshire line. From these new junctions on the Stratford
Upon Avon to Hatton branch line the North Warwickshire Railway commenced its 18
mile long route to Tyseley where it joined the Oxford to Birmingham line. The
junction consisted of two connections, one from the branch line to the north
being primarily used for passenger trains to Alcester, the other being now a
southerly continuation of the original route from Hatton to Stratford Upon
Avon. Opened in 1908, as part of the GWR's new main line route to the West of
England, Bearley Junction was laid out to maximise the speed of express trains
travelling along the line. The junction partly exists today, the northerly
junction now removed, however since the closure of the line beyond Stratford
upon Avon, it now handles only commuter traffic plus an ever increasing amount
of steam hauled specials, most from the newly restored Moor Street station
operated by trains based at Tyseley Museum.
Robert Ferris
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